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Takfir

Pronouncement that someone is an unbeliever (kafir) and no longer Muslim.
Takfir is used in the modern era for sanctioning violence against leaders of
Islamic states who are deemed insufficiently religious. It has become a central
ideology of militant groups such as those in Egypt, which reflect the ideas of
Sayyid
Qutb
,
Mawdudi
,
Ibn Taymiyyah
, and
Ibn Kathir
. Mainstream Muslims and Islamist groups reject the concept as a doctrinal
deviation. Leaders such as
Hasan
al-Hudaybi
(d.
1977
) and
Yusuf
al-Qaradawi
reject takfir as un-Islamic and marked by bigotry and
zealotry.